On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 03:31:03 -0700 (PDT), Quadibloc
wrote:
On Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 12:36:43 AM UTC-6, Paul Schlyter
wrote:

And if Constantine hadn't done that, Christianity would today be
an
extinct sect, much like gnostiscism...

So there you have it' after the initial idealistic phase a
religion
either becomes extinct or else it becomes powerful and corrupt.
Because with power comes corruption, it is hard to avoid that.

But that's an argument for not following any of the powerful and
corrupt
religions. It isn't an argument against the existence of God.

So people could be Deists, or spend time looking for an authentic
revelation
somewhere.

True, and while doing so they could found a new religion. That's
probably what e.g. Muhammed, or Joseph Smith, did.

However a theist rarely stay content by just concluding that there is
some God. He also is very likely a follower of a religion and he
wants others to follow the same religion. So the conclusion that
religions are corrupt and therefore should not be followed is
therefore an argument against a majority of the theists.